Theory:SJA television discontinuity and plot holes/The Mad Woman in the Attic

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• When Eve scans Rani's mind a Gorgon appears: the Gorgon appeared in series 1, but Rani appeared in series 2.

This is a memory of aliens shown earlier in the episode not when looking at Rani's past.

• How can Rani narrate events which she is not a part of? She could not have found out from Sarah Jane, Luke or Clyde later on because they had been removed from time.

The only events she is actively shown to be narrating are ones of which she was a part, or which occurred while she, Luke, and Sarah were all connected to Ship.

• Clips of TV: The Five Doctors is shown but Sarah was supposed to have forgotten about that adventure

It is unknown whether she remembers being abducted to Gallifrey or not. Regardless, the clip is of her prior to that, on Earth talking to K9MKIII.

• Why did Ship show Rani her far future and not Luke and Sarah's far future?

Ship showed Rani the biggest effect in her future and the biggest effect in Sarah Jane's and Luke's.

• How can Ship show Sarah Jane and Luke their futures if it removes them in that timeline?

Because it hadn't done it yet, obviously. It shows them their most likely futures provided that they have futures.

• When Sarah Jane remembers the future Ship showed her at the end, when you see the Doctor's face it's like when the Doctor is in the TARDIS in the next episode, but not the part that it shows.

From the dialogue, it appears that Ship showed her more of the future than just the brief snippet we see.

• If Ship erased Sarah Jane, Luke and Clyde then what about the Slitheen-Blathereen and all the other Earth-threatening enemies they are destined to defeat?

The same circumstances as would occur in Turn Left: Other people (or maybe even just Rani herself), would step in in lieu of the gang.